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Security & Safety Briefs - Oct. 27 - Nov. 2
ATA Petitions FMCSA for Crash-Rate Modifications • CVSA Votes Down Performance-Brake Testing • Iowa Making More Tamper-Proof CDLs • TSA Names Three Regional Security Directors
November 2, 2005Wal-Mart Will Reduce Truck Idling Under EPA Agreement
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores will undertake a national effort to reduce diesel truck idling at its 4,000 U.S. facilities, as part of a settlement of clean air violations.
November 2, 2005Old Dominion Sets Three-for-Two Stock Split
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ld Dominion Freight Line said Wednesday that its board approved a three-for-two stock split, effective Nov. 30, for shareholders of record as of Nov. 16.
November 2, 2005ATA Protests Sleeper-Berth Rule
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the trucking industry has “serious and pervasive concerns” about the sleeper provision of the new hours-of-service rules and will give the agency data about sleeper-berth use, ATA President Bill Graves said.
November 2, 2005Carriers Say Hours Rules, Traffic Hurt Driver Retention
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AN DIEGO — Federal hours-of-service rules are making it difficult to retain truck drivers, said Patrick Quinn, president of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc.
November 2, 2005PeopleNet to Unveil HOS Compliance Software in 2006
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. xecutives at mobile communications company PeopleNet said they have upgraded a software package that will make it easier for trucking companies and drivers to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s revised hours-of-service rules.
November 2, 2005Oil Falls to Three-Month Low as Inventories Rise
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices fell to a three-month low Wednesday following a Department of Energy report showed that distillate fuel inventories, which include diesel, did not fall as much as forecasted, while oil and gasoline stockpiles rose, Bloomberg reported.
November 2, 2005Diesel Price Tumbles 28.1 Cents to $2.876 a Gallon
The average U.S. retail price of diesel fuel fell 28.1 cents to $2.876 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
November 1, 2005Manufacturing Index Falls in October But Remains Strong
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. manufacturing declined in October but expanded at the second-fastest pace of the year, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly factory index report released Tuesday.
November 1, 2005September Construction Spending Reaches Record Level
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. onstruction spending rose 0.5% in September to a record level, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
November 1, 2005